"Negreira Case" - Real submits documents against Barça to UEFA

Since 2023, UEFA has been investigating the so-called "Negreira case".

FC Barcelona is accused of having made several payments to José María Enríquez Negreira between 2001 and 2018. Negreira was Vice-President of the Spanish Referees' Committee between 1993 and 2018.

Now, Barça's arch-rival Real Madrid has also joined the investigation. The "Royals" have submitted extensive documents to UEFA, which are intended to support the investigation. According to Real, the documents contain "evidence of incidents of extraordinary severity."

Barcelona Also Comments

UEFA confirmed receipt of the documents in a statement: "UEFA can confirm that it has received a substantial number of documents from Real Madrid CF in connection with the ongoing investigations against FC Barcelona in the matter concerning José María Enríquez Negreira, the former Vice-President of the Technical Committee of Referees of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (the so-called "Negreira affair")."

"UEFA's ethics and disciplinary inspectors have also received these latest documents, which they will evaluate as part of their ongoing review," the statement continued.

At the same time, FC Barcelona also issued a statement: "It is up to the investigators to decide what measures – if any – they deem appropriate in connection with these documents. To date, they have neither sent new requests to FC Barcelona nor forwarded Real Madrid's complaint to the club. Should they do so, the club will respond accordingly, as it has done so far."